The Road to Ruin
This ideology was prevalent in the popular press and right wing groups, such as the Pan-German League. Its developments contributed to the long-term causes of WWI.
What is nationalism?
This man was killed in Sarajevo by the Serbian Black Hand movement.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This is the name for the area between opposing trenches.
What is "No Man's Land"?
Developed during World War I, this detection method used sound waves that bounce off underwater objects to locate enemy submarines.
What is sonar or echo ranging?
This is the time and date that Armistice for WWI came into effect.
When is 11am, November 11 - 1918?
This region is known as the "powder-keg" of Europe - one spark and the region seemed likely to explode into war.
What are the Balkans?
Who is Kaiser Wilhelm II?
Germany attempted to avoid a "war on two fronts" by pursuing this plan, a plan to quickly defeat the French in the west.
What is the Schlieffen Plan?
These German submarines, whose name comes from the German word Unterseeboot, were used to disrupt Allied shipping and played a key role in drawing the United States into World War I.
This Austrian area of ex-Sudentenland was given to the new country in order to create a mountainous defensible border.
What is Czechoslovakia?
This war led to the unification of Germany in 1871.
What is the Franco-Prussian War?
This allowance from Germany gave Austria the green light to retaliate against the Serbians.
What is the "blank cheque" or guarantee of unconditional support?
This phrase was the voice of French determination for the commander of French troops at the Battle of Verdun.
What is "ils ne passeront pas" "they shall not pass".
This rapid-fire weapon could shoot hundreds of rounds per minute and made charging across No Man’s Land extremely deadly during World War I.
What is a machine gun?
This was the president of the U.S. who came up with the 14 points used to draw-up peace talks for WWI.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
In 1908, Austria-Hungary annexed these two provinces that it had occupied since 1878.
What is Bosnia and Herzegovina?
A German/French confrontation over the control of Morocco caused the British to create an international crisis, citing Germany's use of this diplomatic tactic.
What is gunboat diplomacy?
This communication suggested that Germany was seeking an alliance with Mexico and was the final straw for the U.S. intervention in WWI.
What is the Zimmerman telegram?
These massive German airships were used for reconnaissance and bombing raids over cities like London during World War I.
What are Zeppelins?
This Austrian-Hungarian monarchy disintegrated as a direct result of WWI.
What is the Habsburg Empire?
This treaty was drawn up by Russia in 1887 in order to avoid any risk of a war on two fronts.
What is the Reinsurance Treaty of 1887?
This document, signed in August 1913, detailed Bulgaria's loss of territory from the First Balkan War to Greece and Serbia.
What is the Treaty of Bucharest?
This Russian offensive was set into place to divert German resources away from Verdun. It was a massive offensive over a wide front against the Austrians in June of 1916.
What is the Brusilov Offensive?
This early World War I technology allowed crews to detect enemy submarines by listening for underwater sounds without sending out signals of its own.
What is the hydrophone passive listening device?
This man was the leader of the new Republic of Germany.